Overview
- House Republicans failed to attach a ban on state AI rules to the NDAA, with Majority Leader Steve Scalise saying leadership will seek another vehicle.
- A leaked draft order that would have created a DOJ state-law task force and threatened broadband funds was withheld after pushback from Republicans.
- President Trump continues to press for a single national standard, but intraparty critics including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Chip Roy call the approach federal overreach.
- Senate resistance from Marsha Blackburn and Josh Hawley, plus the 60-vote hurdle, suggests a standalone preemption bill has little path forward.
- Industry-aligned groups warn of a costly patchwork as states advance dozens of laws—NCSL counted about 100 measures in 38 states and analysts cite roughly 1,200 proposals—while figures like Sen. Cynthia Lummis favor a federal floor that lets states go further.